Improvement in cotton-bale ties



Cotton-Bale Ties.

STARR,

IINO. 142,527. Patented September2,1873.'

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`lllilNRY D. STARR, OF TEXANA, TEXAS.

IMPROVEMENT IN COTTON-BALE TIES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 142,527, datedSeptember 2, 1873; application led July 26, 1873. l

i To all whom it may concern:

part of this specification, and Vto the letters and figures of referencemarked thereon.

Figure l of the drawings is a representation of a sectional view of acotton-bale with my tie attached. Fig. 2 is a top View of my cotton-baletie. Fig. 3 is a sectional, and Fig. 4 a detail, view of the same.

This invention has relation to tie-plates for cotton-bales; and -itconsists in the construction and novel arrangement of a pair of slottedand hooked plates, having the same form and adapted to engage with eachother in such a mannerA as 'to form a double look, with one of thetongues or hooks bent under the catch-har of the opposite plate betweensaid plate and the bale.

In the accompanying drawings, the letter A designates the bale, whetherof cotton, hay, or other substance. passing around the bale and havingits ends passed through the slots of the tie-p1ates, and bent backwardunder the rear bar et of each plate. The ends are thus arranged to bepressed between said bars and the substance of the bale. C G indicatethe tie-plates, similar to each other in form, and provided each with aslot, b, and a tongue, c, the slot b, in each case, being suflicientlybroad for the reception of the tongue or hook c of the opposite plate.Each plate is constructed with a transverse catch-bar, d, from themiddle portion of which the hook c projects, a transverse strapbar, e,opposite said catch-bar, and two side bars, g, connecting the catch barwith the B indicates the iron strap,

strap-bar. Onthe same side of each side bar, with the hook c, ispreferably arranged a projection, corrugation, or stop, c, at a suitabledistance from the end of the plate to prevent the catch-bar of theopposite plate, when in position, from slipping backward out ofvengagement. The hook or tongue c is bent backward parallel with thecatch-bar, and at a distance therefrom about equal to the thicknessthereof.

The strap having been secured to the strap bar by bending its endsthrough the plate-slot and under said bar, as above described, theplates, being reversed in position with refer-` ence.` to each other,are brought togetherand interlocked, the tongue of each engaging withthe catch-bar of the opposite plate. In this manner a double lock isformed, either tongue being suflicient to hold the strap in c'ase offfracture of the other. The under tongue being 'pressed against the baleis scarcely liable to displacement or accidental fracture, and is verysecure. Sometimes the tongue may bev formed on the inside edge of thecatch-bar, saving material.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is A A pairof `tie-plates, each consisting of a catch-bar, d, and a strap-bar, e,connected at their ends by side bars g surrounding a slot, b, and havingextending from the catch-bar, on opposite sides, a tongue or hook, c,adapted toengage with the catch-bar of the opposite plate, forming adouble lock, as shown and described.

VIn testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my namein the presence of two witnesses.

vrHENRY DANIEL STARR.

Witnesses J. lVI. HALEY, W. Woon.

